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A Cure For Living EP

by brand new friend

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Keith Porteous (they/em)
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Keith Porteous (they/em) I hope Xtra Miles makes cds of this EP because i want to own this on a physical copy. Its so goddamn good. Excellent follow-up to everything that came before. <3 Favorite track: Nothing Stays The Same.
Kieran Moore
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Kieran Moore It's a Banger, isn't it? Favorite track: The Letter A.
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1.
I will love you until I die Not being over dramatic, not telling lies Pouring my heart, out on the pavement Waiting for someone, to come and take it If I get my head straight, will you help me out mate? I can’t wait to stop pretending I’m fine If I get my head straight, will you take me back mate? I want to be better than this But she always comes up smiling She’s always on my mind Tied to me like ribbons Her hands wrapped up in mine And she always comes up smiling She’s always on my mind I would do anything To see you smile again It doesn’t get better than this Sitting in doing nothing, with you is bliss Set’s her harrington where I was sat Reading poetry from living rooms in council flats
2.
The Letter A 02:50
Oh my oceanic girl For you I’d give the world But I know you’re not waiting for me anymore Oh my oceanic girl You deserve the world And it kills me knowing you’ll be someone else’s soon But I can’t unbreak your heart It takes a lot to know when you are beat If we could start again, I’d make the same mistakes But I’d kiss you even more So, take me outside Do what you like Punch through the ceiling To let the rain in Because we’re on fire And the world’s on fire Well It doesn’t have to be Like this, but for me She’d do anything just to see me smile again We were never happier than when we were poor Dancing round the living room in her favourite dress
3.
No-one else could make me sing like this Tartan clinging to your hips Underrated Misunderstood Lips from1950’s Golden Era Hollywood Cause you say you don’t need me And I know that you’re lying Don’t say I don’t want you Don’t say I’m not trying She’s on my mind But I don’t mind A million different ways If you could stop the days Would you stop the days? She’s on my mind But I don’t mind What anybody says If I could stop the days I would stop the days Sepia toned, but never growing old Still a sight, in black and white My summer love you took my hand in glove In our ocean, you can walk on water if it’s frozen
4.
What’s the problem? I know nothing’s going wrong, that’s the problem So I’ll put it in a song Oh you’re unhappy? I guess some things never change Have you forgotten? Nothing means anything I don’t get what you mean? I don’t get what you want? I know everything sucks I know everything Welcome home son, I know you haven’t been gone long How you feeling? Any better or all wrong? That’s not surprising, I guess some things never are And you’ve forgotten Nothing means anything
5.
Is it better to stay, than to just walk away? When I feel, you feel that something, just isn’t right? And it may never be, for you and me & we’ll walk in the rain through Botanic again I pull you closer to block out any doubt And in this very second, I hear her whisper “I don’t want you and I don’t need you now” She just tells me, “I don’t want you and I don’t need you now” Gravity plays as we both lose our way I kiss you in the kitchen beg you to stay But you just say you’re tired, we’ve lost our way You remember the song that made you think of me All that you know and love and it’s easy to see She’s pissed off and you just tell me “I don’t want you and I don’t need you now” She just whispers “I don’t want you and I don’t need you now” Because nothing stays the same, I don’t want to change I don’t want to know if you’ll let me go, I don’t want to know Is it better to stay, than just walk away? When I feel you feel that something just isn’t right? And it may never be
6.
She said that maybe we were born in the wrong time I said "yes, you're probably right" Why’d she always settled for silver? She just shrugged You're better than that She's every shimmer that I saw from the windows She's every second that could never speed up She's the first party that I've ever been too The swinging chair in the patio, one joint was never enough My reflection won't look away She's the only one that wants to stay You're still holding my hand, or maybe you're not If you taught me anything it was something that I forgot
7.
I was happy to ruin you Run down from the top screaming I was overjoyed to watch it collapse See the little part left of my heart stop beating Think about you for hours and hours and hours Wither and die like plastic flowers Wither and die like plastic Now nothing reminds me Because nothing’s the same I always seem to get older While you stay the same age I would hold onto you tightly As if you knew the way Write the words into my mouth Or I’ll have nothing to say I can still see you whenever I want You live in my memory Close my eyes tight to physically feel You literally engulfing me, making me feel a little less me By making me feel a little like me Now nothing reminds me Because nothing’s the same I always seem to get older While you stay the same age I take them two at a time Cause it’s what you used to do & If you move underground They better bury me too Wither and die like plastic flowers Wither and die like plastic

about

Released 14th February 2020.

Recorded and produced by Caolan Austin at Smalltown America Studios.

Brand New Friend would like to thank:

Every single person who’s came to see us live and sang along. Every single person who has travelled to see us, waited at a barrier or allowed the songs to soundtrack a bit of their lives. Caolan Austin, thanks for bringing it to life and being a massive part of this. Every promoter who has given us a chance. Every journalist who’s written about us and DJ who has played us.

Every single person who found us on Soundcloud and listened to all those demos - this is for you.

The Xtra Mile Recordings family. Charlie, Anthea and Dani, we are so grateful for the belief you’ve shown in us.

Sad Tomorrow, Bed Manager, Snow Patrol, Ash, Iain Archer, The Couth, The Late Two’s, Gin Palace, Cavalier Attitude, General Fiasco, The Winter Passing, A Plastic Rose, Sean McGowan and Careerist for the inspiration. Rigsy, Stuart Bailie, Gemma Bradley and all at Across the Line who have believed from day one. The Oh Yeah Music Centre, Joe Dougan and Shine Belfast. Jeff Robinson and Steve Ager for all their effort. Ian Duffin. Ethan Owens. BBC Introducing. Uncle Ring.

Phil McAlister and Martin Tibbetts.

The People of Castlerock, Michael from Bertha’s.

Our families for believing.

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released February 14, 2020

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